Neighbors have complained that some of the weeds outside this vacant home at 341 Stanley Ave. are over six feet tall.
(Staten Island Advance/Virginia N. Sherry)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. --Some of the weeds in the front yard of the vacant house at 341 Stanley Ave. in Brighton Heights are over six-feet tall and partially obscure the For Sale sign.

The swimming pool in the back yard is filled with black, stagnant water, breeding mosquitoes, forcing neighbors indoors, and generating fears of West Nile virus, according to one homeowner who has lived on the quiet residential block for over 40 years.

The city's 311 service-request map indicates that complaints were received on Aug. 7 and again on Aug. 21, for standing water in the "unmaintained swimming pool."

"This vacant property was cited for overgrown weeds and standing water on a swimming pool cover in the backyard," city Health Department deputy press secretary Chanel Caraway said on Sept. 25.